Dumping-wagon



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J. & GQBEOKER.

DUMPING WAGON.

No. 602,151. Patented Apr. 12,1898.

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DUMPING WAGON. No. 602,151.

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JOHN BECKER AND GEORGE BECKER, OF HAYS MILL, PENNSYLVANIA.

DUMPlNG-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,151, dated April12, 1898. Application filed July 19, 1897. Serial No. 645,086. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN BECKER and GEORGE BECKER, of Hays Mill, in thecounty of Somerset and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Dumping-Wagons and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in dumping-wagons; and the objectof the same is to provide a wagon-body with verticallyswinging bottomsections, whereby the same may be completely opened for discharging theload. v r

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved brakeparticularly adapted for wagons of the character herein disclosed.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of the Wagon. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation with the sectional bottom closed. Fig. 3 is a similar viewwith the bottom open. Fig. 4 is an elevation at the opposite side of thewagon from that illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. '5 is aplan view of aportion of the wagon, illustrating the brake mechanism. Fig. 6 is adetached view in perspective of the bail-shaped frame provided withbrake blocks or shoes.

A designates the sides of the wagon-body, which are fixed to the frontand rear truck, the runninggear not being provided with either hounds ora reach, and B designates the parts of the sectional bottom, said partsbeing hinged at their forward ends between sides A on rods 0, whichextend transverse the body, the rear ends of the sections swingingdownward in dumping. The free ends of the bottom sections are providedwith laterally-projecting bolt'sD, which are engaged by latches E,pivoted to sides A, forholding them in raised-or closed positions. Onthe right side of the body, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2,

these latches are connected by a rod F, which at its forward end issecured to lever G near the front of the body, and this lever isfulcrumed on a rod I-I,which extends transversely through the body andwhich on the opposite side of the wagon, as seen in Fig. 4, is providedwith a crank H, which connects with the rod I, for operating the latcheson that side of the body. By means of this arrangement all the latchesare simultaneously actuated for releasing the section of the bottom, andafter the latter are raised or closed the latches are moved in thereverse direction for looking the same.

For raising and closing the sections after the wagon has been dumped weprovide lever J, which is connected by rod K to the frontdownwardly-swinging bottom section, and also extending rearward from thelever is rod L, which is secured to the upper end of arms M and M, arm Mbeing connected by rod N to the center bottom section, while arm M isconnected by rod N to the rear section. As these arms M and M arepivoted at their lower ends to the sides A they will have a lever orlifting action in closing the swinging bottom sections from the positionindicated in Fig. 3. The sections will thus be raised or closedsimultaneously, and then lever J operated, as above described, to movethe pivoted catches to locking position.

Our improved brake, which is particularly adapted for this form ofwagon, consists of the bail-shaped frame 0, which is mounted to swingvertically on the front side of the rear truck, with brake-blocks Psecured to the forwardly-extending extremities of said frame. Foractuating this frame we provide the bellcrank lever Q, which has itslower arm loosely secured to one arm of the rear frame, while its upperend is connected by rod R to brakelever S, of usual construction,arranged in convenient position at the front of the wagon. A backwardmovement of this brake-lever serves to lower the bail-shaped frame andset the brake, while the forward movement of the lever releases thesame. The brake mechanism as thus constructed has no part thereofextending beneath the Wagon-body forward of the rear axle, so that thedownwardlyswinging movement of the sectional bottom is in no wayimpeded.

Having thus fully described our invention, what We claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of sides A, downwardly-swingingbottom sections B, the rear axle, one of the bottom sections swingingvertically adjacent the axle, the bail-shaped brake-beam mounted toswing vertically on the front side of the axle With its extremitiesextending to the wheelperipheries, and brake-shoes on the beamextremities, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of sides A, downwardly-swingingbottom sections B, one section being arranged to swing JOHN BECKER.GEORGE BECKER.

Witnesses:

HENRY II. STAHL, J oHN O. WELLER.

